Rotunda

Access to food rests on the power of imbalance. Governments spar with their people and each other as the global climate shifts, fueling violent struggle all over the world, and the collapse of our culinary traditions.

consuming culture: a story of halves and have-nots ia multi-media performance of gastronomical proportions!  We live in a time when access to food rests on the power of imbalance.  Governments spar with their people and each other as the global climate shifts, fueling violent struggle all over the world, and the collapse of our culinary traditions.  Join Anna Whitehead and Michelle Posadas from Philadelphia as they host an evening of theatre, song, shadow puppetry and antics.  These are the musings of two half-breeds confronting their own oppressor/oppressed identities over coffee table conversations, milk chugging, and a giant refrigerator.  As they navigate the rising waters of the global food crisis, the audience is encouraged to consider all of our roles in the current food epidemic and possible steps toward change.

Audience members are encouraged to bring a dish to share, or $5-$15 sliding scale.

Anna Whitehead
is a writer, painter, and performer who occupies most of her time making music under the guise of Jailbird Thunderheart. She has worked as a teaching artist for the past two years, assisting youth and adults in the puppet and mural arts, co-organizing community parades, and
building and playing musical instruments. In the past year she has collaborated with over twenty other artists on four separate performances addressing issues of gentrification, ownership, immigration, history, and female sexuality, and continues to find inspiration in collaboration and public spectacle. She is looking forward to the next step in her life – her big move from the east to the west coast to attend California College of the Arts and work toward her masters in social practice and visual criticism.

*Michelle Posadas *
With the idea that telling stories through creating images is a vital part of social change movements, *Michelle Posadas*’ current work examines how our personal stories connect to larger issues. Her most recent performances celebrate the history of resistance movements in the Philippines in light of the current political climate and woven in between her own family narrative. A fluid practice in her art-making is creating work that directly responds to issues; previous examples are the War in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. She is a storyteller and teacher that brings communities together in collective art making. *Posadas* is multimedia artist and performer that combines her skills as a visual artist, sculptor, puppeteer, parade-maker, designer, photographer and videographer. She is actively moving towards art making that engages with organizations and becomes a part of activist campaigns.